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How can easily create a helical hexahedral mesh? I have a geometry that is extruded helically and require a completely hexahedral mesh.

Tagged: 2019 R2, fluid-dynamics, General, Hexa, icem-cfd, meshing
    • April 13, 2023 at 7:32 am
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      Helical meshes can be created ub ICEMCFD Hexa by either importing a face mesh for the extruded geometry, or by creating a 2D Hexa blocking and then extruding it. The attached .pdf file gives the steps for a sample blocking of a cylindical tube with a spiral groove cut into it

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      1. 2059435.pdf

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